4:50 PM,
Apr. 8, 2013

Written by

Mark Bell
The Daily News Journal

A former Tennessee State University football player, a TSU student and two other men were arrested on various charges early Sunday morning following what one officer described in an arrest report as "multiple fights" outside the local Elks Lodge.

One officer pulled his service weapon during the incident to stop the driver of a vehicle from fleeing the scene with one of those men, who had earlier punched the officer in the face while trying to evade arrest, according to an arrest report.

The officer was partly inside the vehicle and pinning a suspect against a seat when the driver tried to shift ...